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Flora Bowen & Danielle Kate Wroe

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Parenting expert never gives kids set bedtime and swears by 30 minute rule instead - What They Never Told You

The dream scenario for tired parents is to put their child to bed, for them to stay there, and then for parents to get a bit of 'me' time to relax. But in the majority of cases, the best-laid plans don't...well, go to plan. And a parenting expert has suggested this may be because you're putting your kids to bed at a set bedtime.

Kirsty Ketley, 42, who was a nanny for 25 years, insists that having a 'child-led' approach to bedtimes will yield much better results, and will leave parents feeling a lot more relaxed if the cues of the kids are followed.

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